Is Internet Archive - Paywall bypass and archive access safe?
Internet Archive opens selected pages, links, or media through archive.today when you use its archive actions.
When you click the extension button, context menu item, or keyboard shortcut, the extension reads the current page, selected link, or media URL and opens an archive.today URL for it. The recorded claim says it strips query strings and fragments before sending the URL to the archive service.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Internet Archive - Paywall bypass and archive access contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- archive.today
Internet Archive - Paywall bypass and archive access sends data to archive.today. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.